HANK AARON (1934-2021) — NBC 4’s 2014 “Living Legends” Video Profile By Barbara Harrison Is Worth A Watch!

Hank Aaron
Henry “Hammerin Hank” Aaron
Hall of Famer
1934-2021
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Home Run King grew up in the racist Jim Crow South, liked playing minor league ball in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, thought “Milwaukee was the best thing that ever happened to him,” needed bodyguards to open his mail, and felt it unsafe for his kids to go to the ballpark in Atlanta!

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/living-legends_-hank-aaron_washington-dc/1992141/

Not sure how safe he would have felt in today’s Wisconsin.

PWS

01-23-21